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The Cryosphere, Geophysics and Remote Sensing group is housed within the Geosciences Department at Boise State University, and focuses on answering scientific questions about the snow and ice covered areas of the world (the Cryosphere) research includes quantifying the spatial variability of snow properties using ground-based microwave radar and snow micropenetrometry, improving estimates of snow properties from airborne and satellite-based radar, detection of oil spills under sea ice with radar, quantifying lateral flow of water within the snowpack, and detection of avalanches with infrasonics.
The cryoGARS Lab encompasses both Dr. Ellyn Enderlin's and Dr. HP Marshall's labs. Dr. Enderlin's lab focuses on understanding the response of glaciers and ice sheets to past, present, and future climate change. Dr. Marshall's lab focuses on spatial variability in snow and its effect on remote sensing, snow hydrology, and snow avalanches.
Current News & Announcements
Current News & Announcements
Juan Camilo Rojas Lucerno (left) and CryoGARS student Lindsay Stark (right) won NASA FINESST awards.
Graduate Students Win NASA Research Grants
Graduate Students Win NASA Research Grants
Two Boise State Graduate students won prestigious NASA FINESST awards in 2025. Juan Camilo Rojas Lucero (Ph.D., Computing, 2027) and Lindsay Stark (Ph.D., Geophysics, 2028) each won a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology research grant.
The grants will help fund their graduate study and support research projects central to their work at Boise State doctoral students. (Click here to continue reading on Boise State news)
The new weather station at the top of Lakeview Lift.
Skiers Enjoy Better Powder at Brundage Mountain Thanks to New Tech
Skiers Enjoy Better Powder at Brundage Mountain Thanks to New Tech
BOISE, Idaho - Skiers chasing the perfect powder day at Brundage Mountain have benefitted from a new weather station while simultaneously advancing scientific research.
In partnership with Boise State University, the new high-tech weather station was fully operational for the 2024-25 season. The device collected precise data on snow depth, water content, wind patterns, and other variables from its home near the top of the Lakeview Lift. (Click here to continue reading on KTVB7 news)
HP Marshall and CryoGARS graduate student Coleman Kane study a snow pit at Brundage Mountain Resort
High-Tech Partnership Elevates Snow Science at Brundage
High-Tech Partnership Elevates Snow Science at Brundage
Skiers and Snowboarders at Brundage Mountain Resort may not know it, but they benefited from more accurate snow reports and improved on-mountain contitions this season, thanks to a new high-tech weather station installed in pertnership with Boise State University.
The new scientific-grade weather station, which came fully online for the 2024/2025 season, is located near the top terminal of the lakeview lift... (Click here to continue reading on Brundage News & Mountain Blog)
Researchers from Marshall’s CryoGARS lab snow trenches in the Idaho mountains
Boise State Team Gathers Critical Snow Data in Idaho Mountains
Boise State Team Gathers Critical Snow Data in Idaho Mountains
Every winter, thousands of Idahoans wake up and check the snow levels at Bogus Basin. The ski resort, located 20 miles from downtown Boise, regularly posts photos of its snow marker, an upright measuring stick on top of a small platform. Every evening, staff come out and brush the platform clean so the tally can begin anew. (Click here to continue reading on Boise State News)
Ellyn Enderlin is among 400 nationally honored early career scientists for her work with NASA in 2024. She is among the first Boise State University staff honored by this award.
Ellyn Enderlin makes BSU history, honored with the PECASE award
Ellyn Enderlin makes BSU history, honored with the PECASE award
Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.
Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers. (Click here to continue reading in the Whitehouse Archives)
HP Marshall and Grant Statham discuss snow modeling, avalanche forecasting and warning, and other snow science topics for Skredpodden, a podcast dedicated to discussing science.
ISSW special edition EP14 - The merge between science and practise. A talk with Grant Statham and HP Marshall
ISSW special edition EP14 - The merge between science and practise. A talk with Grant Statham and HP Marshall
ISSW is a melting pot and a meeting place where scientist and practitioners meet. In this talk we discuss how science transform into practise. Grant Statham works for parks Canada and is in may ways the founding father of the modern avalanche warning service. In the studio we also have HP Marshall from Boisie state university. He is an associate professor and use a range of methods to try to understand the physics of snow. (click here to listen on skredpodden).
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